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Paulina Gretzky's Fiance Dustin Johnson Suspended From PGA For Cocaine Use
Popdust - 2 Aug 2014 16:54
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Eric Garner Homicide Ruling Takes Over Twitter After New York Medical Examiner's Announcement [VIDEO]
IBTimes - 2 Aug 2014 01:30
Eric Graner's death became a hot topic on Twitter within hours of the New York City medical examiner ruling Friday that his chokehold death at the hands of the New York City Police Department was a homicide.
MH17 investigation begins
CNN - 2 Aug 2014 08:46
A large team of international investigators have finally started work at the crash site. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.
Obama signs cellphone unlocking bill
PC World - 2 Aug 2014 02:35
The right to unlock your cellphone became law on Friday as President Barack Obama signed a bill that rapidly passed both houses of the U.S. Congress. The Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act passed in t...
Texas woman sues Facebook for $123 million for keeping revenge porn post live
Tech Times - 2 Aug 2014 05:48
Facebook battles a $123 million lawsuit after a Texas woman blames the social networking site for delayed action on a revenge porn post. The plaintiff is seeking compensation for trauma, as well as mental and physical su...
Obama: U.S. tortured after 9/11 attacks
CNN - 2 Aug 2014 02:47
President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday that the United States "crossed a line" and tortured al Qaeda detainees after the 9/11 terror attacks.
US Congress Approves Funds For Israel's Iron Dome System, As Fighting Rages In Gaza
IBTimes - 2 Aug 2014 10:30
Even as a short-lived truce between Hamas and Israel went up in smoke in Gaza Friday, the U.S. Congress approved a $225 million emergency funding package for Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system, according to an Associ...
Islamic State loses oil-rich areas in Syria
Al Jazeera English - 2 Aug 2014 09:14
Fighters from self-declared jihadist group withdraw from several villages after clashes with tribal fighters.
Argentina and Singer caught in financial tango
New York Post - 2 Aug 2014 03:51
Don't expect Argentina President Cristina Kirchner to order her Economy Minister, Axel Kicillof, back to the negotiating table in New York anytime soon. Despite the fact the embattled country defaulted...
House OKs Bill for Crisis on US-Mexico Border
Time - 2 Aug 2014 02:50
(WASHINGTON) -- The House has approved a $694 million bill to address the crisis of unaccompanied migrant youths arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The GOP legislation passed 223-189 late Friday on a nearly party-line v...
Records Show Arizona Inmate Was Injected 15 Times
ABC News - 2 Aug 2014 02:15
Records show Arizona inmate was injected 15 times during lengthy execution some call botched
Russian 'Law On Bloggers' Forces Putin Critics Online To Provide Home Address
IBTimes - 2 Aug 2014 01:30
A new Russian law went into effect Friday that further tightens already restrictive free speech rights on the Internet, one of the few places where Russian citizens are able to express dissent again President Vladimir Pu...
Michael Jackson's Neverland estate being considered for sale
Chicago Tribune - 2 Aug 2014 01:23Russia's Fear of Potential Threats Has Spawned a Real One in Ukraine
Time - 2 Aug 2014 00:29Mexico's volatile Sinaloa state passes law restricting reporters' crime coverage
The Week - 2 Aug 2014 19:43
The Sinaloa state congress passed a law on Thursday that is bound to have journalists covering the violent region fuming. Reporters will henceforth only be allowed to release crime information based on what the governmen...
China interest in Microsoft may go beyond antitrust concerns
Tech Times - 2 Aug 2014 06:15
Roughly 100 officers with the Chinese government launched a surprise investigation at Microsoft's offices in China. Antitrust allegations may be veiling an attempt to hinder operations of foreign tech firms in favor of C...
Ebola Vaccine Possible, but Many Doubts Persist
The New York Times - 2 Aug 2014 02:46
United States health officials say they aim to test a vaccine shown to protect macaque monkeys as early as next month.
Trinidad James Lost His Def Jam Deal
MTV News - 2 Aug 2014 15:37Paul George's Horrific Injury Was Preventable
Forbes - 2 Aug 2014 05:59
NBA star Paul George snapped his leg in Friday's night's Team USA scrimmage in Las Vegas, and the worst part of George's gruesome injury is that it was completely preventable.
Rare whale fossil pulled from California backyard by sheriff's search-and-rescue team
Fox News - 2 Aug 2014 00:55
Paleontologist Howell Thomas of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County says the 16- to 17-million-year-old baleen whale fossil is one of about 20 baleen whale fossils known to exist.
People save and change lives in Apple's newest iPhone 5s ad
Cult of Mac - 2 Aug 2014 23:23
Apple has a new TV ad out for the iPhone 5s, and it’s the fourth installment in its “You’re More Powerful Than You Think” campaign. The ads have previously shown people using the iPhone to do stuff like play musi...
PG&E to stop providing bottled water in Hinkley
Miami Herald - 2 Aug 2014 21:34
A utility is halting its program that supplied bottled water to a Mojave Desert community whose toxic chromium contamination was portrayed in the movie "Erin Brockovich."